Siminoff's Luthiers Glossary, 2nd edition (eBook version)

Ever get confused about the difference between quarter-sawn and quartered grain wood? Or about how book-leafed and book-matched wood differs? Or how you distinguish between tiger maple, curly maple, and figured maple? Or don't you? Whether you are a builder, repair person, or musician, this book is for you! Siminoff's Luthiers Glossary was originally published in 2008 as a 206-page encyclopedia hosting more than 1,000 definitions of the buzz words and language of the art of luthierie. Now revised and published as a digital eBook to be easily accessed on computers, laptops, tablets, and cell phones, Siminoff's Luthiers Glossary, 2nd edition, features more than 1,300 definitions, 250 illustrations, and 15 reference tables of woods for luthierie, string tensions, frequencies-and-cents, saw blade descriptions, starting string gauges for a range of instruments, an instrument identifier, and much more. Plus 31 color plates of the woods typically used in luthierie shown in both their fine-san